Category - Churches Together in Britain and Ireland

Government pledges respect and regard for faith communities

staff writers — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:09:12 +0100

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland has welcomed a speech by the UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which he affirmed the role of faith in society. But others warn of a too-cosy relationship.

Government minister to address churches' inter-religious network

staff writers — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:08:33 +0100

The UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has accepted an invitation from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland to speak on inter-faith relations and government policy.

Church leaders gear up for Copenhagen climate summit

agency reporter — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:02:16 +0100

British church leaders are supporting a Climate Change Day of Prayer in October, preparing for the next UN climate change summit due to take place at the end of 2009.

Churches gear up again for Racial Justice Sunday

staff writers — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:55:10 +0100

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, the official ecumenical body, is anticipating that thousands of Christians across the country will again mark Racial Justice Sunday this year.

Churches Together gearing up for Copenhagen climate change summit

staff writers — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:17:13 +0100

Churches in Britain and Ireland will observe a ‘Time for Creation’ between 1 September and 4 October, in the run-up to the next United Nations climate change summit due to take place in Copenhagen at the end of the year.

Fair finance agency becomes official Churches Together partner

staff writers — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:03:11 +0000

Oikocredit, the worldwide co-operative which challenges churches and others to share their resources through socially responsible investments, has become a 'body in association' with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.

Justice needed for Britain's black communities, says Jesse Jackson

staff writers — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:18:25 +0000

Britain’s black communities have still to throw off the mentality of slavery and need to invest in the future of its young people and rediscover their self-confidence, leading US civil rights campaigner the Rev Jesse Jackson says.

Reading Harry Potter too religiously

Simon Barrow — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:36:21 +0100

Religiously constructed rows over sorcery, metaphor and meaning in Harry Potter are hardly new, as Simon Barrow has personal reason to know. He suggests we all chill out and finding meaning not menace in the narrative.

World churches chief to visit Britain and Ireland

staff writers — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:30:57 +0100

The head of the World Council of Churches will visit churches, faith initiatives and ecumenical bodies in Britain and Ireland in April-May. He will meet both enthusiasm and the struggle of post-Christendom.

Black church leaders want review of Mental Health Bill race provisions

staff writers — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:35:35 +0000

Bishop Dr Joe Aldred, chair of the Council of Black-led Churches and the Rev Nezlin Sterling, chair of the African Caribbean Evangelical Alliance and a president of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, are among the Christian leaders backing Black Mental Health UK's call for the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) to examine the Department of Health's handling of the race review in the government's new Mental Health Bill.